Hotel future for former County Durham care home

Solomons Group is behind the plans (Photo: Wix)

Plans to convert a grade II-listed former care home in County Durham into a hotel have been approved. 

Shotley Park, in Consett,  was used as a care home until its closure in 2023, but has had a number of uses since the 1950s, first as a Dr Barnado children's home.

Solomons Group wants to bring the building back to life as a hotel to "safeguard its future". 

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